Irene M. V. Williams

Chapter 13

Albus Dumbledore was at a loss. This was something very new for him, and he didn't like it one bit. Ever since Professor McGonnagal had come back from Privet Drive, only to announce that Holly Potter was not there, he had been at his wit's end. When inspecting the Dursleys' memories, his wits did not receive a break for he found that Holly Potter had not been at their residence for eight years.

The toddler had been abandoned at a theater, the Dursleys' memories were fuzzy and they did not remember which theater it was or what day it exactly was that they had done it. Covering his tracks he wiped the whole family's memories of Holly Potter and removed all traces of Holly ever being in their home. His wards had failed him, and he had no idea where the child could possibly be.

He remembered suddenly five years prior when the goblin's discovered his questionable withdrawals from the child's inheritance and vaults. He had known that the magical guardian ritual would only fool them as long as the child was under his control. However, why hadn't he investigated further when the goblins refused him access? At the time he had access to other sources of revenue and he was busy with the Wizengamot, he cursed his dismissal for that which should have been his first clue that something was wrong.

When he instructed for Holly Potter's name still to be called he hoped perhaps she would come from the woodwork, that things would be set back in place. However, she never came forward. Instead, there was a child with Lily's eyes and hair but James's face structure with another name, her bangs hid her forehead from view making it unclear whether or not underneath was Holly's trademark lightning-shaped scar. Despite the muggle name, the child comported herself like a child from the Sacred 28. When speaking to her the next day, no progress was made; instead, he found a child with a mind like an actual labyrinth. Despite being well versed in Legilimency, he continuously got lost in the fathomless stone corridors of the child's labyrinth shaped mind palace. It didn't help that she brought back an ancient house that he had gotten rid of once he was headmaster, brought back Alistair, whom he had completely forgotten about, and now he didn't know where their common room was or where Alistair was staying since he no longer was stuck in his other form.

He then turned to his professors' reactions to the child trying to see if she broke character or gave any sort of clue to them. Each had a say in how powerful and talented she was, even Professor Quirrell expounded on her intelligence. Professor Snape, in the privacy of Dumbledore's office, didn't show any enlightenment only mentioning the same thought that she could have been Lily and James's child merely by looks. He was oddly reticent about her though, his face pulled in a frown but not in a scowl as Dumbledore would expect if he spoke of his childhood bully's child.

All in all, Dumbledore had a conundrum that only intensified when the Daily Prophet was dropped by his plate on the day of Halloween.

~Time to see what's goin' on with Irene~

Irene had to practice every sort of training Jareth had given her so she wouldn't burst out in laughter when she saw Dumbledore's face when the morning post came in and when the Daily Prophet front page's article was set before her.

POTTER'S WILL CLEARS SIRIUS BLACK'S NAME!

Just a day ago the Daily Prophet office received a private invite to the reading of a will.

Once arriving at Gringotts for the private reading, it was announced that it would be the Potter's will that had recently been unsealed by a relative that had come forward. Despite questioning, the goblins did not give any clue to who this relation was. Among the viewers were Amelia Bones (Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement), Lord and Lady Malfoy (representing the closest representatives for the Black family), and Cornelius Fudge (Minister of Magic). Here at the Daily Prophet, we were given the special privilege of being able to print the Potter's will for our readers. It is as follows: